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Alien: CovenantFollow

2017 • R • 2h 20m • Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

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2.9

6.4

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$36.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$74.30M

Final

Worldwide total

$238.50M

$164.30M international

Domestic legs2.05x

Budget$111M

2017 rank#42

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Cast & crew

Full Scott filmography

Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott Director

Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender Starring

Danny McBride

Danny McBride Starring

Demián Bichir

Demián Bichir Starring

Noomi Rapace

Noomi Rapace Starring

Katherine Waterston

Katherine Waterston Starring

ScreenplayJohn Logan, Dante Harper Produced byDavid Giler, Walter Hill, Ridley Scott, Mark Huffam, Michael Schaefer CinematographyDariusz Wolski MusicJed Kurzel Prod. DesignChris Seagers Studio20th Century Fox SeriesAlien

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 19-21 1 $36.2M — 3,761 $9,615 $36.2M

2 May 26-28 4 $10.6M −70.6% 3,772 $2,814 $57.4M

3 Jun 2-4 6 $4.1M −61.2% 2,660 $1,550 $67.3M

4 Jun 9-11 9 $1.8M −55.7% 1,814 $1,007 $71.2M

5 Jun 16-18 15 $568.1K −68.9% 400 $1,420 $72.8M

6 Jun 23-25 18 $341.3K −39.9% 294 $1,161 $73.3M

7 Jun 30-Jul 2 23 $172.1K −49.6% 213 $808 $73.7M

8 Jul 7-9 30 $85.8K −50.2% 132 $650 $73.8M

9 Jul 14-16 29 $80.0K −6.8% 104 $769 $74.0M

10 Jul 21-23 29 $67.5K −15.6% 103 $655 $74.1M

11 Jul 28-30 38 $43.1K −36.2% 98 $439 $74.2M

12 Aug 4-6 44 $32.2K −25.3% 74 $435 $74.2M

13 Aug 11-13 57 $11.8K −63.4% 45 $261 $74.2M

14 Aug 18-20 67 $5.6K −52.6% 38 $147 $74.2M

15 Aug 25-27 72 $6.4K +14.4% 29 $220 $74.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu May 18 #P $4.2M — $4.2M 0 $0 -1

Fri May 19 #1 $15.3M — $15.3M 3,761 $4,068 1

Sat May 20 #2 $12.0M −21.6% $27.3M 3,761 $3,191 2

Sun May 21 #2 $8.9M −26.2% $36.2M 3,761 $2,355 3

Mon May 22 #2 $3.3M −62.5% $39.5M 3,761 $884 4

Tue May 23 #2 $3.4M +1.8% $42.9M 3,761 $900 5

Wed May 24 #2 $2.2M −35.8% $45.0M 3,761 $578 6

Thu May 25 #3 $1.8M −18.1% $46.8M 3,761 $473 7

Fri May 26 #4 $3.0M +69.1% −80.3% $49.8M 3,772 $798 8

Sat May 27 #4 $3.9M +30.6% −67.2% $53.8M 3,772 $1,042 9

Sun May 28 #4 $3.7M −6.6% −58.5% $57.4M 3,772 $974 10

Mon May 29 #4 $2.8M −24.6% −16.7% $60.2M 3,772 $734 11

Tue May 30 #4 $1.3M −52.2% −60.9% $61.5M 3,772 $351 12

Wed May 31 #4 $953.6K −28.0% −56.1% $62.5M 3,772 $253 13

Thu Jun 1 #4 $736.3K −22.8% −58.6% $63.2M 3,772 $195 14

Fri Jun 2 #6 $1.1M +55.5% −62.0% $64.4M 2,660 $431 15

Sat Jun 3 #6 $1.7M +48.8% −56.7% $66.1M 2,660 $640 16

Sun Jun 4 #6 $1.3M −25.2% −65.3% $67.3M 2,660 $479 17

Mon Jun 5 #6 $546.8K −57.1% −80.2% $67.9M 2,660 $206 18

Tue Jun 6 #6 $685.6K +25.4% −48.2% $68.6M 2,660 $258 19

Wed Jun 7 #6 $461.9K −32.6% −51.6% $69.0M 2,660 $174 20

Thu Jun 8 #6 $375.5K −18.7% −49.0% $69.4M 2,660 $141 21

Fri Jun 9 #10 $506.0K +34.7% −55.8% $69.9M 1,814 $279 22

Sat Jun 10 #9 $787.2K +55.6% −53.8% $70.7M 1,814 $434 23

Sun Jun 11 #9 $533.4K −32.2% −58.1% $71.2M 1,814 $294 24

Mon Jun 12 #10 $225.6K −57.7% −58.7% $71.5M 1,814 $124 25

Tue Jun 13 #10 $304.4K +34.9% −55.6% $71.8M 1,814 $168 26

Wed Jun 14 #10 $246.9K −18.9% −46.5% $72.0M 1,814 $136 27

Thu Jun 15 #10 $170.3K −31.0% −54.7% $72.2M 1,814 $94 28

Fri Jun 16 #- $141.5K −16.9% −72.0% $72.3M 400 $354 29

Sat Jun 17 #- $218.6K +54.5% −72.2% $72.5M 400 $547 30

Sun Jun 18 #14 $208.0K −4.8% −61.0% $72.8M 400 $520 31

Mon Jun 19 #15 $74.6K −64.1% −66.9% $72.8M 400 $187 32

Tue Jun 20 #- $68.0K −8.8% −77.6% $72.9M 400 $170 33

Wed Jun 21 #- $49.3K −27.5% −80.0% $72.9M 400 $123 34

Thu Jun 22 #- $47.3K −4.0% −72.2% $73.0M 400 $118 35

Fri Jun 23 #- $100.1K +111.4% −29.3% $73.1M 294 $340 36

Sat Jun 24 #- $137.6K +37.5% −37.0% $73.2M 294 $468 37

Sun Jun 25 #- $103.6K −24.8% −50.2% $73.3M 294 $352 38

Mon Jun 26 #- $40.8K −60.6% −45.4% $73.4M 294 $139 39

Tue Jun 27 #- $45.2K +10.9% −33.5% $73.4M 294 $154 40

Wed Jun 28 #- $32.6K −28.0% −33.9% $73.5M 294 $111 41

Thu Jun 29 #- $27.9K −14.4% −41.0% $73.5M 294 $95 42

Fri Jun 30 #- $47.4K +69.7% −52.7% $73.5M 213 $222 43

Sat Jul 1 #- $65.4K +38.0% −52.5% $73.6M 213 $307 44

Sun Jul 2 #- $59.4K −9.1% −42.7% $73.7M 213 $279 45

Mon Jul 3 #- $36.4K −38.7% −10.7% $73.7M 213 $171 46

Tue Jul 4 #- $27.1K −25.6% −40.1% $73.7M 213 $127 47

Wed Jul 5 #- $21.8K −19.7% −33.3% $73.7M 213 $102 48

Thu Jul 6 #- $18.4K −15.4% −34.1% $73.8M 213 $86 49

Fri Jul 7 #- $24.0K +30.4% −49.3% $73.8M 132 $182 50

Sat Jul 8 #- $34.4K +43.4% −47.4% $73.8M 132 $261 51

Sun Jul 9 #- $27.4K −20.4% −53.9% $73.8M 132 $208 52

Mon Jul 10 #- $14.0K −48.9% −61.6% $73.9M 132 $106 53

Tue Jul 11 #- $15.2K +8.3% −44.0% $73.9M 132 $115 54

Wed Jul 12 #- $12.5K −17.6% −42.5% $73.9M 132 $95 55

Thu Jul 13 #- $11.4K −9.1% −38.2% $73.9M 132 $86 56

Fri Jul 14 #- $26.0K +128.8% +8.4% $73.9M 104 $250 57

Sat Jul 15 #- $34.8K +33.9% +1.2% $74.0M 104 $335 58

Sun Jul 16 #- $19.1K −45.0% −30.1% $74.0M 104 $184 59

Mon Jul 17 #- $9.7K −49.3% −30.7% $74.0M 104 $93 60

Tue Jul 18 #- $10.5K +7.9% −31.0% $74.0M 104 $101 61

Wed Jul 19 #- $10.5K +0.7% −15.7% $74.0M 104 $101 62

Thu Jul 20 #- $10.2K −2.8% −9.9% $74.0M 104 $98 63

Fri Jul 21 #- $20.4K +99.3% −21.5% $74.0M 103 $198 64

Sat Jul 22 #- $27.5K +34.8% −21.0% $74.1M 103 $267 65

Sun Jul 23 #- $19.6K −28.9% +2.3% $74.1M 103 $190 66

Mon Jul 24 #- $7.7K −60.6% −20.6% $74.1M 103 $75 67

Tue Jul 25 #- $7.3K −5.7% −30.6% $74.1M 103 $71 68

Wed Jul 26 #- $6.2K −14.6% −41.1% $74.1M 103 $60 69

Thu Jul 27 #- $5.9K −4.6% −42.2% $74.1M 103 $58 70

Fri Jul 28 #- $10.0K +68.1% −51.2% $74.1M 98 $102 71

Sat Jul 29 #- $19.0K +90.9% −30.9% $74.1M 98 $194 72

Sun Jul 30 #- $14.1K −25.8% −27.9% $74.2M 98 $144 73

Mon Jul 31 #- $4.3K −69.4% −44.0% $74.2M 98 $44 74

Tue Aug 1 #- $4.6K +6.2% −36.9% $74.2M 98 $47 75

Wed Aug 2 #- $4.8K +5.0% −22.5% $74.2M 98 $49 76

Thu Aug 3 #- $4.2K −12.0% −28.5% $74.2M 98 $43 77

Fri Aug 4 #- $9.1K +113.7% −9.0% $74.2M 74 $122 78

Sat Aug 5 #- $13.1K +44.4% −31.2% $74.2M 74 $177 79

Sun Aug 6 #- $10.0K −23.3% −28.9% $74.2M 74 $135 80

Mon Aug 7 #- $3.0K −70.2% −30.8% $74.2M 74 $40 81

Tue Aug 8 #- $2.9K −4.0% −37.5% $74.2M 74 $39 82

Wed Aug 9 #- $3.1K +7.4% −36.1% $74.2M 74 $42 83

Thu Aug 10 #- $3.3K +8.4% −21.2% $74.2M 74 $45 84

Fri Aug 11 #- $3.2K −3.6% −64.5% $74.2M 45 $72 85

Sat Aug 12 #- $5.4K +66.9% −58.9% $74.2M 45 $119 86

Sun Aug 13 #- $3.2K −41.1% −68.4% $74.2M 45 $70 87

Mon Aug 14 #- $2.1K −33.6% −29.6% $74.2M 45 $47 88

Tue Aug 15 #- $2.0K −7.0% −31.8% $74.2M 45 $43 89

Wed Aug 16 #- $1.9K −4.0% −39.1% $74.2M 45 $42 90

Thu Aug 17 #- $2.1K +13.4% −36.3% $74.2M 45 $47 91

Fri Aug 18 #- $1.5K −30.9% −54.3% $74.2M 38 $39 92

Sat Aug 19 #- $3.1K +108.7% −42.9% $74.2M 38 $81 93

Sun Aug 20 #- $1.0K −66.5% −67.5% $74.2M 38 $27 94

Mon Aug 21 #- $1.6K +60.3% −21.5% $74.2M 38 $43 95

Tue Aug 22 #- $2.1K +24.8% +5.4% $74.2M 38 $54 96

Wed Aug 23 #- $1.7K −15.7% −7.5% $74.2M 38 $46 97

Thu Aug 24 #- $1.8K +4.4% −14.8% $74.2M 38 $48 98

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$74.1M

May 18Jun 5Jun 22Jul 10Jul 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $67.5K

$36.2M

$10.6M

$4.1M

$1.8M

$568.1K

$341.3K

$172.1K

$85.8K

$80.0K

$67.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,772 → 103 −97.3%

3,761 open103 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15.6%

−70.6%

W1→2

−61.2%

W2→3

−55.7%

W3→4

−68.9%

W4→5

−39.9%

W5→6

−49.6%

W6→7

−50.2%

W7→8

−6.8%

W8→9

−15.6%

W9→10

Steepest −70.6%Best hold −6.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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